Hermanowa (Oligocene of Poland)

Where: Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland (49.9° N, 22.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 44.2° N, 24.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: NP23 nannofossil zone, Rudawka Tractionite Member (Menelite Formation), Rupelian (33.9 - 27.3 Ma)

• Trachinus event of the IPM2 zone

•This biostratigraphic restriction allows the assignment of this section to the Rupelian age (Early Oligocene) and more preciously to the NP23 calcareous nannoplankton zone (see Kotlarczyk et al. 2006: fig. 33).

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• tractionite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: T. Přikryl, I. Kania, and W. Krzeminski. 2016. Synopsis of fossil fish fauna from the Hermanowa locality (Rupelian; Central Paratethys; Poland): current state of knowledge. Swiss Journal of Geoscience [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186589: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus latus requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Keasius parvus Leriche 1908 basking shark
Osteichthyes
 Acanthopterygii - Ammodytidae
Ammodytidae indet. ray-finned fish
 Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathidae indet. ray-finned fish
Hipposyngnathus neriticus Jerzmanska 1968 ray-finned fish
 Syngnathiformes - Centriscidae
Centriscidae indet. Rafinesque 1826 ray-finned fish
 Acanthopterygii - Caproidae
Capros rhenanus Weiler 1920 ray-finned fish
 Teleosteomorpha -
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Carangidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 ray-finned fish
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scombridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 ray-finned fish
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Anenchelum sp. de Blainville 1818 ray-finned fish
 Priacanthiformes - Priacanthidae
Priacanthus longispinus Lednev 1914 ray-finned fish
 Perciformes -
Oliganodon budensis Heckel 1856 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Propercarinidae
Propercarina problematica Prikryl et al. 2014 perch-like fish
 Acanthopterygii - Repropcidae
Repropca sabbai Pauca 1929 ray-finned fish
 Aulopiformes - Paralepididae
Holosteus sp. Agassiz 1835 ray-finned fish
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
"Glossanodon" musceli Pauca 1929 ray-finned fish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeidae
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Palaeogadus sp. Von Rath 1859 ray-finned fish
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Eophycis jamnensis Jerzmanska 1968 ray-finned fish
Trachinus minutus
  -
"Trachinus minutus" = Megalolepis minutus
"Trachinus minutus" = Megalolepis minutus Jonet 1958
Proantigonia
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"Capros cf. caprosoides" = Proantigonia caprosoides
"Capros cf. caprosoides" = Proantigonia caprosoides Cosmovici 1887